The United States allegedly attacked a large facility in Venezuela last week, according to President Donald Trump. In an interview with billionaire and Trump donor John Catsimatidis on WABC radio station, Trump claimed that the US knocked out "a big facility" as part of its pressure campaign to topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
While providing more details about the supposed attack, Trump stated that the target was likely involved in the drug trade or boat building. However, it remains unclear what exactly was hit and which US government agencies were involved. The CIA has refused to comment on the matter.
Trump initially stated that the facility had been targeted "two nights ago," but later said that an "implementation area" had been struck, with a major explosion occurring at a dock where boats load drugs. Trump also claimed that the attack led to Maduro's loss of control over his government's operation in that region.
Critics have raised concerns about Trump's actions, saying they could be considered extrajudicial killings and a significant departure from standard practice in US efforts against drug smuggling. Military contractors and some lawmakers believe that US operations in Venezuela may amount to a full-scale military campaign to overthrow Maduro.
The US has been conducting strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea since September, with at least 30 attacks resulting in over 100 civilian deaths. Trump has doubled his offer for information leading to Maduro's arrest, raising tensions between the two nations.
In an interview earlier this month, Trump described a massive naval armada surrounding Venezuela as "the largest Armada ever assembled in History of South America," but failed to clarify how such a force could surround a country without being landlocked.
While providing more details about the supposed attack, Trump stated that the target was likely involved in the drug trade or boat building. However, it remains unclear what exactly was hit and which US government agencies were involved. The CIA has refused to comment on the matter.
Trump initially stated that the facility had been targeted "two nights ago," but later said that an "implementation area" had been struck, with a major explosion occurring at a dock where boats load drugs. Trump also claimed that the attack led to Maduro's loss of control over his government's operation in that region.
Critics have raised concerns about Trump's actions, saying they could be considered extrajudicial killings and a significant departure from standard practice in US efforts against drug smuggling. Military contractors and some lawmakers believe that US operations in Venezuela may amount to a full-scale military campaign to overthrow Maduro.
The US has been conducting strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea since September, with at least 30 attacks resulting in over 100 civilian deaths. Trump has doubled his offer for information leading to Maduro's arrest, raising tensions between the two nations.
In an interview earlier this month, Trump described a massive naval armada surrounding Venezuela as "the largest Armada ever assembled in History of South America," but failed to clarify how such a force could surround a country without being landlocked.
So like I'm trying to wrap my head around this whole situation with Venezuela and the US, right? Trump is saying they attacked some facility there, supposedly as part of their pressure campaign to get rid of Maduro, but it's all super vague 
. Like, what exactly did they hit? Was it a boat factory or something? And which agency was involved in the whole thing? It's crazy that the CIA won't comment on it at all 
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. And what's up with the whole naval armada thing? Like, how do they even surround a country without being landlocked? 
Trump just seems to be throwing out these massive claims without really backing them up 
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. Can someone please just give us some concrete answers here?!
just saw that the US allegedly attacked some facility in Venezuela 
and now they're saying it was a big deal against Maduro's government 
but like, what's good with attacking someone's operations without even trying to arrest them? 
sounds like some extrajudicial killing stuff going on and we all know how that ends 
not sure if anyone in the US is gonna face consequences for this 
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. We're already seeing some serious human cost from these US strikes in the Caribbean – over 100 civilian deaths is just staggering 
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anyway, looks like us doing another covert op in venezuela, critics say its straight up extrajudicial killings which is super sus...check out this article on the CIA's response to trump's claims [link] 
. newsflash, dude: that's not how you conduct foreign policy or even counter narcotics operations. sounds like a bunch of loose cannons to me and if we're talking about extrajudicial killings... well, let's just say i'm no fan of trump's "justice" system 
. also, can we talk about the logistics of having an armada surround venezuela without it being landlocked? seems like a pretty big misunderstanding 
. and btw, 100+ civilian deaths in the caribbean sea since september? that's not a pressure campaign, that's just plain bad planning 
but honestly, this whole situation feels super sketchy.
. it's all so unclear and that's what's got everyone spooked . and can we talk about how wild it is that he thinks a naval armada can surround venezuela without them having a coastline? like, dude, venezuela has coastlines on both the atlantic and caribbean seas 
. anyhoo, this whole situation's got me shook 
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it's so weird how no one's talking about the logistics of this whole thing...like yeah sure there's some massive armada around venezuela but how do you even make that happen without being landlocked, bruh? 
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, this is not good at all! So the US just allegedly attacked some facility in Venezuela and no one knows what was hit or who was responsible? That's super suspicious 
. I mean, if it was a legitimate operation against drug trafficking, why hasn't the CIA commented on it? And now there are people accusing this of being extrajudicial killings... yeah that's not cool 
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Like, can we even talk about how they're conducting these ops without anyone holding them accountable? 